Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Daily routines are mandatory for classroom management in any grade, but by the end of the school year or term, routines can become boring, sapping energy out of teachers…
Turn Your Classroom into Discovery Place!
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International Festival of Attention-Grabbers – North Carolina (US)
Hi. I’d like you to meet J. Albert Ervin. Albert is standing in front of a restoration of the original office of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) in Raleigh, the state capital. The Attentionology Connection The original office…
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Teacher Benefits from the FAB 15 A-GEs
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Assisting Teachers Ever learn a new word and then find yourself seeing it everywhere? Attentionology is like that, or so I’m told when educators ask what it’s about. “Oh…
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The Attentionology Traveler Finds a New Idea for an Old Writing Art
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler spent some time recently with a teacher who has a novel idea for teaching an old writing art… …cursive handwriting. See if this relates to any current curriculum evaluation underway in your school… …Some states in…
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The FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-Getting Elements for Teachers
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to introduce the first five of what I call The FAB 15 A-GEs – Attention-Getting Elements. Attentionology is a science and an art. Attention-getting elements can benefit teachers every single school day by supporting…
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Make a Worry Chain to Help Kids Cope
Hats off to teachers…it’s time for Mid-Week Focus to feature fun and functional ACTIVITIES TO HELP KIDS COPE. See if my experience mirrors yours… …Long before I overheard a recent conversation between a third grade teacher and the school’s psychologist…
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Sign On to a Road Show for Teaching!
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers! Talk about attention-getting… …check out the street sign in my blog pic here. I found it posted at the corner of two halls in a school where I recently…
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Swap-ortunities for Learning
Hi! The Attentionology Traveler has discovered another concept that teachers can apply in classrooms around the world… …Set up SWAP-ORTUNITIES for students! What’s a SWAP-ORTUNITY? It’s an OPPORTUNITY to make exchanges, patterned after retail campaigns that encourage shoppers to bring in…
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Barbara Cleary has been serving as a resource to hundreds of educators for more than 25 years.
An award-winning writer, producer, teacher, and trainer, Barbara’s focus is on offering easy, fun tools and tricks that support K-5 curricula and assist teachers with classroom management.
